ZIP 61480 vs ZIP 61460

This side-by-side compares ZIP 61480 (Stronghurst, IL) and ZIP 61460 (Media, IL) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 61480 has a population of 1,324 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 61460 has 291 at 3 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 61480 reports a median household income of $58,750 against $76,607 in ZIP 61460, with per-capita income of $32,275 vs $30,272. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.0% in 61480 and 15.8% in 61460. Poverty rate reads 18.1% vs 6.7%, and unemployment 6.5% vs 0.0% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $117,600 in 61480 versus $96,800 in 61460, with median rent of $894 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.0% vs 91.8%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.